Albert Marquet — (27 March 1875 – 14 June 1947) was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement.Life and workMarquet was born in Bordeaux. In 1890 he moved to Paris to attend the Decorative Arts School, where he met Henri Matisse. They were roommates… … Wikipedia

arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium

Scribal abbreviation — Sigla redirects here. For the village in Poland, see Sigła. Text sample from an early 15th century Bible manuscript. Scribal abbreviations (sigla [plural], siglum and sigil [singular]) are the abbreviations used by ancient and mediæval scribes… … Wikipedia

Burhan Doğançay — Burhan Cahit Doğançay (born 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish American painter and photographer.BiographyBurhan Dogançay obtained his artistic training from his father Adil Dogancay, and Arif Kaptan, both well known Turkish painters. In his… … Wikipedia

black letter — black letter, adj. Print. a heavy faced type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books. Also called text. [1630 40] * * * or Gothic script or Old English script Style of alphabet used in handwriting… … Universalium